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1st. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may, at his discretion, cause the 

 limit lines of any timber berths under license, which have not been already sur- 

 veyed, to !>> properly surveyed and run, the costs of such survey to be paid by 

 the holder <>f the license ; and where two or more licenses are interested in the 

 survey, the Commissioner shall determine what portion of the costs of the survey 

 shall be paid by each, and such costs of survey shall be a charge upon the timber 

 berth, to be paid with the ground-rent before renewal of the license. 



'2nd. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, before granting any licenses for 

 new timber berths in the unsurveyed territory, shall, as far as practicable, cause 

 the section of country where it is intended to allot such berths to be ran out into 

 townships, and each township, when so surveyed, shall constitute a timber berth, 

 but the Commissioner of Crown Lands may cause such townships to be sub- 

 divided into as many timber berths as he may think proper. 



3rd. The berths or limits, when so surveyed and set off, and all new berths 

 or limits in surveyed territory, shall be explored and valued, and then offered for 

 sale by public auction at the upset price fixed by such valuation, at such time 

 and place, and on such conditions, and by such officer, as the Commissioner of 

 Crown Lands shall direct by public notice for that purpose, and shall be sold to 

 the highest bidder for cash at the time of sale. 



4th. All forfeited timber berths may be offered for sale on the second Tues- 

 day in August in each year by public auction, at such upset price, and at such 

 place as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may fix and appoint by public notice, 

 or at such other rate as he may fix by such notice, and shall be awarded to the 

 highest bidder making payment at the time of sale, -but should the said timber 

 berth not be then sold, the same may be granted to any applicant willing to pay 

 the said upset price and ground- rent or on such other terms as the Commissioner 

 of Crown Lands may direct. 



5th. License holders who shall have complied with all existing regulations shall 

 be entitled to have their licenses renewed on application to the Commissioner of 

 Crown Lands, or to such local agent as he may appoint for that purpose. 



6th. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall keep a register of all licenses 

 granted or renewed, and of all transfers of such licenses; and a copy of such register 

 with a plan of the licensed limits, shall be kept by the Crown timber agent of 

 the locality, and open to public inspection. 



7th. All transfers of timber berths shall be made in writing, but shall be 

 subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, to whom they 

 shall be transmitted for approval or rejection, and they shall be valid only from 

 the time of such approval, to be expressed in writing. 



8th. Timber berths are to be described in new licenses as " not to interfere 

 with prior licenses existing or to be renewed in virtue of regulations." When the 

 description of any berth or boundary, as given by any license, clashes with the 

 description of any other licensed berth or territory, the license of more recent 

 origin (tracing back only to the time when such license or any previous license, 

 of which it is a renewal, was first granted) shall give way, and the Commissioner 

 may amend or cancel such license wholly or in part, and substitute another in 

 place thereof, so as to correct the description of the berth or limit intended to be 

 licensed ; and in all cases where any license has issued in error or mistake, or is 

 found to be inconsistent with any other license, or inconsistent or incompatible 

 with the regulations under which it was granted, the Commissioner of Crown 

 Lands may cause it to be cancelled or amended, or he may refer all matters in 

 dispute with reference to the boundaries and position of Timber limits to arbitra- 

 tion, each of the conten ling parties to choose one arbitrator and the Commis- 

 sioner of Crown Lands shall appoint an umpire, naming a day on or before which 



